Blog #21: Hamlet Act 1 Social Media Post

I wish, more than anything, that my father be still alive. It is true when my mother says, "your father lost a father" (1.2.90). Of course I understand life passes on - but in this fashion? No, it does not seem right, not when Denmark appears to be in utter disarray.  I suspect foul play in regards to the death of my father.

Now my wretched uncle is King, a man who is greatly inferior to my father who was "So excellent a king, that was to this hyperion to a satyr" (1.2.140-141). There is no way Claudius can support this "weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable" country any longer! (1.2.133). Just the thought of staying in Denmark, and not Wittenberg, makes me shudder. The only reason I stay is out of respect for my mother, a woman I greatly admire. Even she is causing alarm when she brushes aside my rational sorrow. Maybe it is her who has moved on too quickly! "Frailty, thy name is woman!" (1.2.146). For all that my father did to provide shelter and happiness, this is the return he receives? It is not what he deserves, I say. It would not have been so bad if she did spring to "wicked speed to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets" (1.2.157-158). As I stated, my father and uncle have no relation except for similar blood type. I guess that is just how women are like

--Hamlet

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"Frailty, thy name is woman!" (1.2.146)

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is father even buried yet? #toosoon #notright

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"He was a man. Take him in for all is all" (1.2.186).

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great king, even better man #youwillbemissed #rip

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"I doubt some foul play" (1.2.255).

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Justice will find my father, one way or another #BewareOfGreed #PowerCorrupts

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"Your leave and favor to return to France" (1.2.51).

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Lucky Laertes! I am #StuckInDenmark

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"I do beseech you, give him leave to go" (1.2.61).

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Polonius, mind helping me out of a jam #GetMeOutOfHere #RottenDenmark